Contents; Preface; Contributors; Abbreviations; Introduction; Part I AN INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVE; 1 International Perspectives and Policy Issues; Part II COMMUNITY AND SOCIAL INCLUSION; 2 Associational Governance in Queensland; 3 Designing Public Policy after Neo-liberalism?; 4 Shifting Urban Governance in Australia; 5 'Community' and Social Inclusion; 6 Rethinking Aboriginal Community Governance; Part III THE ECONOMY, NEW REGIONALISM AND COMMUNITY; 7 Regional Development Policy and Social Inclusion; 8 Building Community Economies in Marginalised Areas; 9 A Case Study in the New Regionalism
Part IV LOCAL GOVERNANCE AND COMMUNITY-BUILDING10 Local Social Governance and Citizen Engagement; 11 Mapping the Normative Underpinnings of Local Governance; 12 Localisation in Contemporary Public Management; 13 Social Exclusion as a New Framework for Measuring Poverty; Index
Summary
The first Australasian text on community disability services to provide a ready source of evidence based practice and service management guidelines. The book seeks to provide an integration of principles, policy, and practice in disability service provision in the 21st century. It will have a broad audience including those studying for relevant disability qualifications, and those involved in supporting people with disabilities
